Monument record MDO2591 - Medieval cross, Sydling St Nicholas

A village cross with an octagonal base and the lower part of an octagonal shaft is situated at the crossroads 200 yds north-east of Sydling St Nicholas Church. Pope refers to the cross as C15th but DOE give the date "Probably C14th". <2-3>

As described. See photograph. <4>

SY 63179939: partly chamfered octagonal base 1.0m in diameter and 0.65m high. The shaft, of two parts, stands 1.1m high, 0.4m square at the base and octagonal above. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1 to 25 inch scale map, 1902 (Map). SDO18020.

(SY 63179940) Cross (NR) (Rems of) (NAT)

<2> Pope, A, 1906, Old Stone Crosses of Dorset, 129 (Bibliographic reference). SWX1408.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 233 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(3) WAYSIDE CROSSS, at cross-roads, 200 yards N.E. of the church, is of late mediæval date. It consists of an octagonal base and the lower part of an octagonal shaft.'

<4> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 02-FEB-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<5> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 13-FEB-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453124 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 3:18PM